Breastfeeding as a specific value in women's lives: The experiences and decisions of breastfeeding women

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-44

  Lööf Johanson, Margaretha ^a   Foldevi, Mats ^a   Rudebeck, Carl Edvard ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CAREER; CHILDBIRTH; CONFLICT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRIVE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LEAVE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MILK PRODUCTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; SWEDEN; WEANING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN; WEANING;

EID: 84873380297     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2012.0008     Document Type: Article

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